1904 New York Highlanders | |
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League | American League |
Ballpark | Hilltop Park |
City | New York, New York |
Owners | William Devery and Frank Farrell |
Managers | Clark Griffith |
The 1904 New York Highlanders season, "the team's second," finished with the team in second place in the American League with a record of 92β59. The team was managed by, Clark Griffith and played home games at Hilltop Park.
Offseasonβ»
- October 6, 1903: Jack O'Connor was traded by the Highlandersββto the St. Louis Browns for John Anderson.
- January 5, 1904: Eddie Quick and Jack Zalusky were traded by the Highlandersββto the Toledo Mud Hens for Red Kleinow.
Regular seasonβ»
The nameβ»
The first verified use of the alternate nickname "Yankees" (a synonym for "Americans", the team being American Leaguers) occurred on April 7, "1904," when a spring training story from Richmond, Virginia carried the headline "Yankees Will Start Home From South To-Day." The New York Evening Journal screamed: "YANKEES BEAT BOSTON". The casual use of that nickname suggests it was already in the "popular lexicon," although "Highlanders" would continue to be, the primary (and equally unofficial) nickname for several more years.
Season summaryβ»
The Highlanders were in the thick of the American League pennant race throughout the season, leading by two games as late as September 20. This led to the New York Giants announcement that they would not play in the World Series, since they considered the Highlanders to be only a "minor league" team.
On the final day of the season at Hilltop Park, New York pitcher Jack Chesbro threw a wild pitch in the ninth inning, giving the Boston Americans the win. And the 1904 AL pennant. Even though it was Boston who stole the pennant on the final day, the Giants stuck to their word. And their refusal prevented the World Series from being played.
It would be a century later, in 2004, the next time Boston directly eliminated the Yankees from title contention, when they did so in the final game of the 2004 ALCS, a hundred years later in a repeat of sorts of the events of that year, the beginning of a long rivalry between the two clubs.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Boston Americans | 95 | 59 | .617 | β | 49β30 | 46β29 |
New York Highlanders | 92 | 59 | .609 | 1Β½ | 46β29 | 46β30 |
Chicago White Sox | 89 | 65 | .578 | 6 | 50β27 | 39β38 |
Cleveland Naps | 86 | 65 | .570 | 7Β½ | 44β31 | 42β34 |
Philadelphia Athletics | 81 | 70 | .536 | 12Β½ | 47β31 | 34β39 |
St. Louis Browns | 65 | 87 | .428 | 29 | 32β43 | 33β44 |
Detroit Tigers | 62 | 90 | .408 | 32 | 34β40 | 28β50 |
Washington Senators | 38 | 113 | .252 | 55Β½ | 23β52 | 15β61 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH | |||||
Boston | β | 13β9 | 9β13 | 16β6 | 12β10β2 | 13β9β1 | 12β10 | 20β2 | |||||
Chicago | 9β13 | β | 14β8 | 14β8β1 | 12β10β1 | 8β14 | 14β8 | 18β4 | |||||
Cleveland | 13β9 | 8β14 | β | 14β8β2 | 9β11β1 | 11β10 | 13β9 | 18β4 | |||||
Detroit | 6β16 | 8β14β1 | 8β14β2 | β | 7β15 | 10β12β1 | 11β11β2 | 12β8β4 | |||||
New York | 10β12β2 | 10β12β1 | 11β9β1 | 15β7 | β | 12β9 | 16β6 | 18β4 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9β13β1 | 14β8 | 10β11 | 12β10β1 | 9β12 | β | 11β10β1 | 16β6β1 | |||||
St. Louis | 10β12 | 8β14 | 9β13 | 11β11β2 | 6β16 | 10β11β1 | β | 11β10β1 | |||||
Washington | 2β20 | 4β18 | 4β18 | 8β12β4 | 4β18 | 6β16β1 | 10β11β1 | β |
Rosterβ»
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Pitchers | Catchers
Infielders |
Outfielders | Manager |
Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Deacon McGuire | 101 | 322 | 67 | .208 | 0 | 20 |
1B | John Ganzel | 130 | 465 | 121 | .260 | 6 | 48 |
2B | Jimmy Williams | 146 | 559 | 147 | .263 | 2 | 74 |
3B | Wid Conroy | 140 | 489 | 119 | .243 | 1 | 52 |
SS | Kid Elberfeld | 122 | 445 | 117 | .263 | 2 | 46 |
OF | Willie Keeler | 143 | 543 | 186 | .343 | 2 | 40 |
OF | John Anderson | 143 | 558 | 155 | .278 | 3 | 82 |
OF | Patsy Dougherty | 106 | 452 | 128 | .283 | 6 | 22 |
Other battersβ»
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Dave Fultz | 97 | 339 | 93 | .274 | 2 | 32 |
Red Kleinow | 58 | 209 | 43 | .206 | 0 | 16 |
Jack Thoney | 36 | 128 | 24 | .188 | 0 | 12 |
Champ Osteen | 28 | 107 | 21 | .196 | 2 | 9 |
Monte Beville | 9 | 22 | 6 | .273 | 0 | 2 |
Bob Unglaub | 6 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 2 |
Orth Collins | 5 | 17 | 6 | .353 | 0 | 1 |
Frank McManus | 4 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Elmer Bliss | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jack Chesbro | 55 | 454.2 | 41 | 12 | 1.82 | 239 |
Jack Powell | 47 | 390.1 | 23 | 19 | 2.44 | 202 |
Al Orth | 20 | 137.2 | 11 | 6 | 2.68 | 37 |
Tom Hughes | 19 | 136.1 | 7 | 11 | 3.70 | 75 |
Clark Griffith | 16 | 100.1 | 7 | 5 | 2.87 | 36 |
Ned Garvin | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.25 | 8 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Walter Clarkson | 13 | 66.1 | 1 | 2 | 5.02 | 43 |
Ambrose Puttmann | 9 | 49.1 | 2 | 0 | 2.74 | 26 |
Barney Wolfe | 7 | 33.2 | 0 | 3 | 3.21 | 8 |
Awards and honorsβ»
Recordsβ»
- Jack Chesbro and Jack Powell, American League record, combined victories by two teammate pitchers (64)
Franchise recordsβ»
- Jack Chesbro, Yankees single season record, most wins in a season (41)
Referencesβ»
- ^ Jack O'Connor page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Red Kleinow page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Popik, Barry. "The Big Apple: Yankees (American League Baseball team)". barrypopik.com. Retrieved March 4, 2007.
- ^ 1904 Highlanders Schedule
- ^ Lukas, J. Anthony (October 23, 1994). "The Year the World Series Was Cancelled". Newspaper. ProQuest 109390622.
- ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.100, David Nemec and "Scott Flatow," A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0